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It's happening now, breaking news. President Biden says he and European leaders are in total unanimity after urgent talks on the threat of a Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Pentagon now has thousands of

U.S. troops on heightened alert as this crisis intensifies. I'll speak live

with the top Pentagon spokesman John Kirby. Stand by for that. Also tonight a

Georgia prosecutor gets the green light to have a special grand jury investigate

former President Trump's election interference in the state.

This, as we're getting new details on the January 6th Committee's talks with former Trump Attorney

General Bill Barr.

And New York's mayor

unveiled an ambitious plan to crack down on gun violence

after another weekend of senseless shootings,

including the killing of a rookie NYPD officer responding to a domestic dispute.

We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

I'm Wolf Blitzer, you're in the situation room. This is CNN breaking news.

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